Corporate Social Responsibility in the Chinese Forest Industry: Understanding Multiple Stakeholder Perceptions

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 129-145

  Wang, Lei ^a   Juslin, Heikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

China; CSR; Forest industry; Perception; Salience; Stakeholder; Stakeholder engagement; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877615629     PISSN: 15353958     EISSN: 15353966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/csr.286     Document Type: Article

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